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The Long and Winding Road
The clues to greatness were there to be seen, even in that first car. Professor Ferdinand Porsche’s passion for motorsport…
Porsche Heroes
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Porsche Heaven
Photography Jayson Fong | Taken from Motor Sport, March 2021 This was a little like digging priceless historical artefacts out…
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Gurney gets it going
Photography Getty Images. Taken from Motor Sport, August 1962 Every five years the Grand Prix de l’ACF leaves the Reims circuit…
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Dan Gurney and Porsche
Photography Getty Images Taken from Motor Sport, November 2013 Porsche had raced a couple of F2-based four-cylinder cars for Dan…
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Driver Heroes: Derek Bell
If you wanted success at Le Mans during the 1970s or 1980s, then the easiest way to get ahead at…
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Mission R
The future of Porsche in motor sport is something to behold. It has its Formula E programme and its works…
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Lunch with Jacky Ickx
Each month for the past five years it’s been my privilege, on your behalf, to take a motor racing name…
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Porsche's paradigm shift
Photography Porsche Archives & Getty Images Taken from Motor Sport, April 1968 When the Porsche factory finally gave up production…
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Lights, camera, action
It was a plot that would have been regarded as too fanciful, even for Hollywood. Any self-respecting studio would have…
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Heard the one about the Hollywood car collector?
How much would you pay for a piece of automotive history which came complete with a sprinkling of Hollywood stardust?…
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Best of the best
They were all just stories. They had to be. Of course a Porsche 917/30 would not actually spin its rear…
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Driver Heroes: Richard Attwood
Being first is perhaps what matters most in all of motor racing. But some firsts are bigger than others. Richard…
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Nico Hulkenberg
Taken from Motor Sport, July 2015 Many of us remember the days when a grand prix driver would happily race…
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935 Anniversary
Photography Brian Cleary, Porsche Archives & Getty Images . Taken from Motor Sport, February 2016 From conception its road-car roots…
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Le Mans 1970: A king is born
Photography Getty Images Taken from Motor Sport, July 1970 Safe to say that our continental correspondent, Denis Jenkinson, wasn’t all…
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Porsche returns
On a sunny early-January day in the Black Forest a new era began in earnest for the king of sports…
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Kremer's denim-clad giant killer
Photography Jayson Fong. Taken from Motor Sport, May 2021 Some are older, many are faster, but if you were to…
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What lies beneath
Photography Porsche/Jürgen Tap. Taken from Motor Sport, May 2021 If you want to know how far removed from even the…
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Driver heroes: Vic Elford
It seems somewhat bizarre that Vic Elford got started in motor sport never actually intending to be a driver. But,…
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Ayrton Senna's sportscar cameo
It’s one of those eternal motorsport quiz questions: ‘When and where did Ayrton Senna make his only appearance in a…
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